Hero and Leander

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Hero and Leander is a narrative poem retelling the Greek myth of two tragic lovers separated by the Hellespont, renowned for its sensuous style and unfinished state at Christopher Marlowe’s death.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English poem ⓘ
Renaissance poem ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate late 1580s to early 1590s ⓘ
author Christopher Marlowe ⓘ
basedOn Greek myth of Hero and Leander ⓘ
completionAttemptBy George Chapman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1598 ⓘ
firstPublisher Edward Blount ⓘ
genre mythological narrative ⓘ
romantic narrative ⓘ
tragic love story ⓘ
hasCharacter Cupid ⓘ
Neptune ⓘ
Venus ⓘ
hasLaterContinuation Hero and Leander (Chapman continuation) ⓘ
linked to: Hero and Leander
influencedBy Musaeus Grammaticus ⓘ
Ovid ⓘ
isUnfinished true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterSestiadsByChapman 4 ⓘ
leftUnfinishedAtDeathOf Christopher Marlowe ⓘ
literaryForm poetry ⓘ
literaryMovement English Renaissance ⓘ
literaryPeriod Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
mainCharacter Hero ⓘ
Leander ⓘ
metricalForm heroic couplets ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narrator ⓘ
notableFor blend of tragedy and comedy ⓘ
classical allusions ⓘ
erotic imagery ⓘ
numberOfSestiadsByMarlowe 2 ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
rhymeScheme rhymed iambic pentameter couplets ⓘ
setting Abydos ⓘ
Hellespont ⓘ
linked to: Dardanelles

Sestos ⓘ
styleCharacteristic extended similes ⓘ
ornate rhetoric ⓘ
sensuous style ⓘ
witty digressions ⓘ
theme classical mythology ⓘ
desire ⓘ
fate ⓘ
sensuality ⓘ
tragic love ⓘ

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Christopher Marlowe → notableWork → Hero and Leander ⓘ
Sestos → associatedWithMyth → Hero and Leander ⓘ
Hero and Leander → hasLaterContinuation → Hero and Leander (Chapman continuation) ⓘ
linked to: Hero and Leander